Anies-Muhaimin Challenges Election Results to the Constitutional Court

Jakarta, Legal Literacy - Anies-Muhaimin, the presidential and vice-presidential candidate pair number 1, have filed a lawsuit against the election results to the Constitutional Court. For them, the election process is as important as the final result. They believe that there were many violations in the 2024 election process involving the coalition of change they lead.

The plenary meeting that determined the results of the 2024 Election votes by the General Election Commission (KPU) at the KPU Office, Jakarta, Wednesday (20/3/2024) evening, confirmed Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka as the presidential and vice-presidential candidate pair with the most votes. Anies-Muhaimin came in second, while the Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD pair came in last.

"Today (yesterday) the KPU has issued an official announcement, the results of which in the KPU version we have heard together. However, in an election, the process is no less important than the final result," said Anies in response to the results of the KPU plenary meeting, through a written statement, Wednesday.

Anies Highlights a Transparent, Fair, and Intervention-Free Election Process

He highlighted the importance of a transparent, fair, and intervention-free election process to ensure that every eligible vote is counted and valued. The process must also be well maintained to guarantee legitimacy, trust, and inclusiveness in the results. Without a credible process, there is a risk of doubt about the legitimacy of the elected candidate or the decisions they make. Therefore, maintaining the integrity of the election process is crucial to maintaining the sustainability of democracy and fulfilling the aspirations of society as a whole.

"Ladies and gentlemen, a leader born from a process tainted with fraud and irregularities will produce a regime that gives rise to policies full of injustice, and we don't want this to happen," he said firmly.

However, he emphasized that in the context of a modern democratic country, efforts to convey abnormalities and irregularities should not be carried out through public agitation.

"The step we are taking is not to incite anger and agitation among the public, but we are collecting all the necessary evidence to be submitted to the judges. We hope that the country will continue to move forward in building its political maturity, not regress to the pre-reform era," he said.

Anies-Muhaimin Sue Election Results to the Constitutional Court

Therefore, the step taken by Anies-Muhaimin is to file a lawsuit against the election results to the Constitutional Court (MK). They also invite the public to support the legal steps they are taking.

"We emphasize that we do not want to let these various democratic deviations pass without a record and become a bad precedent for all future elections, both at the national level and hundreds of regional elections and legislative elections at levels I and II," he explained.

Despite realizing that various state institutions involved in organizing elections and resolving disputes have been influenced by individuals who have been proven to have violated ethics, and some of whom have even received repeated warnings but are still allowed to act, the step to file a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court (MK) will still be taken.

As Anies said, Muhaimin also emphasized that they had found a large number of abnormalities, shortcomings, and omissions in the unnatural process, which he said was an unprecedented situation in the election.

"It has become common knowledge that we have encountered these various shortcomings long before polling day, starting from engineering regulations to intervening with state apparatus, and all of this has become media and public records," he said.

According to Muhaimin, the step to file a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court (MK) is also a way to provide information to the panel of judges and the public about the various shortcomings and irregularities that occurred during the presidential election process.

Presidential and vice-presidential candidate pair Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar met for iftar with the 10th and 12th Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia, Jusuf Kalla, and the Chairman of the Nasdem Party, Surya Paloh, at Kalla's residence in Jakarta on Wednesday (20/3/2024) evening.

Before the General Election Commission (KPU) determined the acquisition of the 2024 Election votes on Wednesday evening, Anies and Muhaimin attended an invitation to break the fast together at the former Vice President's residence.

The event was also attended by the Chairman of the Nasdem Party, Surya Paloh, and the Chairman of the Board of Experts of the Anies-Muhaimin National Winning Team, Hamdan Zoelva.

After breaking the fast together, Jusuf Kalla, who supported Anies-Muhaimin in the 2024 Presidential Election, revealed that in addition to breaking the fast, they also discussed plans to file a lawsuit against the election results to the Constitutional Court.